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Renaissance #2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these famous structures did Michelangelo paint?

a)

the Louvre

b)

the Coliseum

c)

the Sistine Chapel

d)

the Eiffel Tower

2.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a)
Renewed
b)
Rebuilt
c)
Remade
d)
Rebirth
3.
On what peninsula did the Renaissance begin?
a)
Spain
b)
England
c)
Italy
d)
Germany
4.

Advantages of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press include which 3?

a)

Cheaper book prices

b)

Increase in education/literacy

c)

Increase in church power

d)

Rapid spread of ideas

5.
The first moveable type of printing press that allowed mass production of materials was invented by
a)
Leonardo da Vinci.
b)
Johann Gutenberg.
c)
William Shakespeare.
d)
Michelangelo di Buonarroti Simoni.
6.

Leonardo da Vinci was the...

a)

Sculptor of the Pieta and David & Painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling

b)

Painter of Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

c)

Architect of the dome of the Cathedral of Florence

d)

Writer of Don Quixote

7.

Michelangelo was the...

a)

Sculptor of the Pieta and David & Painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling

b)

Painter of Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

c)

Architect of the dome of the Cathedral of Florence

d)

Painter of Madonna and the Grand Duke & The School of Athens

8.

Raphael was the...

a)

Sculptor of the Pieta and David & Painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling

b)

Painter of Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

c)

Architect of the dome of the Cathedral of Florence

d)

Painter of The School of Athens

9.

Why was Isabella d’Este called the “First Lady of the Renaissance”?

a)

She was a patron, started a school for young girls, and collected antiques.

b)

She was a pope and worked in a monastery

c)

She was married at age 25 and lived in a castle

d)

She was the first woman artist

10.

Who was William Shakespeare?

a)

An Italian playwright, poet, and actor

b)

An English playwright, poet, and actor

c)

An Italian artist, sculptor, and scientist

d)

An English artist, sculptor, and scientist

11.

Who is considered the father of humanism?

a)

Petrarch

b)

Kepler

c)

Galileo

d)

Gutenberg

12.

• Venetian explorer who visited the court of Kublai Khan

• One of the first Westerners to travel the Silk Road to China

• Travels increased the interest of Europeans in the lands of the East


Who is described above?

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Vasco da Gama

d)

Christopher Columbus

13.

Whose famous writings are the picture shown above?

a)

Da Vinci

b)

Donatello

c)

Fresco

d)

Michelangelo

14.

How did Renaissance art differ from Medieval art?

a)

It was more godly

b)

It was more realistic, and had three dimensions

c)

it portrayed religious subjects

d)

it was more biblical

15.

What did Medieval art and literature focus on?

a)

music and dancing

b)

church and salvation

c)

individual, worldly matters & Christianity

d)

animals

16.

Middle Ages art focused on ______________________.

a)

church

b)

salvation

c)

individual

d)

kings

17.

The first book ever published for the public

a)

The Prince

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

Dante's Inferno

d)

The Bible

18.

Which of these statements describes a change brought about by the Renaissance?

a)

Society was dominated by the church.

b)

Society began to value individualism.

c)

Society was focused on warfare.

d)

Society was dominated by lords.

19.

Italy was divided into many smaller city states as opposed to being one large country.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters

a)

perspective

b)

secular

c)

classical